Little golden white lies is what I like to call his whispers. The Bible teaches us that he can come in all shapes, colors and sizes, but his favorite of all is to disguise himself as an angel of the light. (2 corinthians) I find this to be the most annoying and confusing thing of all. I feel like, at times, it is so hard to hear the voice of God in my madness of life, no wonder the devil enjoys complicating the process by trying to drown out God with his lies. These are times when he is the most successful. You think you are hearing the voice of God and you follow it to only find yourself in the wilderness, blinded and barely breathing later on down the road. He beats you up, he brings you and the good works you are doing down.
This happens to me a lot. That is why I am so thankful to have good counsel. My parents for one, Maury second and good friends like Kate. They bring you back to that still small voice that is there only if you choose to listen. It is a whisper of peace, hope, love and acceptance. It's grace. Satan can whisper too, don't you worry. It's what follows is the most important. If it's anxiety, stress, or fear, its WRONG. Don't listen. I read once in a devotional by Joyce Meyer that said, "If you feel pressed to make a decision off the cuff, at that very second, it's wrong." Peace should follow. God is peace.
Maury once asked me "How exactly do you know if you are hearing the voice of God and not the devil?" I think this is ultimately the struggle of life. It's the push and pull between the greater good and evil. It's where people get lost in the shuffle, where we find out who can take it and who can't. I want us all to be able to look the devil straight in the dace and take a hike. I know that's what I am going to do.
That was a really good post. It helped me to make sense of some of the issues with the subject.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.colonialmed.com/